The Prose Works of John Milton: A defence of the people of England. A second defence of the people of England. EikonoklastesH.G. Bohn, 1848 - English prose literature |
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Page iii
... Christ had raised and sanctified it ; and , therefore , that whoever sought to debase and vilify human nature , —and what can do this more effectually than oppression ? -was in fact , the enemy of God and Christ , and to be opposed ...
... Christ had raised and sanctified it ; and , therefore , that whoever sought to debase and vilify human nature , —and what can do this more effectually than oppression ? -was in fact , the enemy of God and Christ , and to be opposed ...
Page ix
... Christian world a darkness which seemed to be that of night without a dawn . In the midst of this obscurity , however , the light of the Reformation flashed forth ; at which , " methinks , " says Milton , " a sovereign and reviving joy ...
... Christian world a darkness which seemed to be that of night without a dawn . In the midst of this obscurity , however , the light of the Reformation flashed forth ; at which , " methinks , " says Milton , " a sovereign and reviving joy ...
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... Christian commonwealths . They teach not that to govern well , is to train up a nation in true wisdom and virtue , and that which springs from thence - magnanimity ; ( take heed of that ; ) and that which is our beginning , regeneration ...
... Christian commonwealths . They teach not that to govern well , is to train up a nation in true wisdom and virtue , and that which springs from thence - magnanimity ; ( take heed of that ; ) and that which is our beginning , regeneration ...
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... Christian charity . But this is more a subject of regret than wonder . The spirit of the times was fierce ; all parties being known to each other more by the interchange of injuries than of brotherly love , or anything recommended by ...
... Christian charity . But this is more a subject of regret than wonder . The spirit of the times was fierce ; all parties being known to each other more by the interchange of injuries than of brotherly love , or anything recommended by ...
Page xiv
... Christian hearth . His ideas of woman must be sought for in this treatise , not in Johnson . Here we find him representing her as man's best com- panion , and in the sense most flattering to the sex , as the companion of his intellect ...
... Christian hearth . His ideas of woman must be sought for in this treatise , not in Johnson . Here we find him representing her as man's best com- panion , and in the sense most flattering to the sex , as the companion of his intellect ...
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